Her interest in hormones and breast cancer led to dr. For the menopausal or perimenopausal woman confused by conflicting opinions. Susan love there is something about living in the midst of a pandemic that makes you reflect on what has come before us and what our future will be. Puzzle jungle usborne young puzzle books by susannah leigh ebook. I wish every one of them would read this excellent work. Menopausal hormone therapy dr susan love foundation for. Susan loves breast book, are upfront about their perspective on hormone therapy, they also give women the information they need about the various hormones on the market and provide a questionnaire to help them assess their values, so that readers can make their own informed choice. In july 2002, everything many doctors thought they knew about menopausal hormone therapy called hormone replacement therapy hrt at the time was called into question when researchers announced that they were stopping the womens health initiative whi, a large randomized placebocontrolled study designed to measure the benefits and risks of menopausal hormone therapy. These hormones are available in a number of delivery systems that i would love to discuss with you. Making informed choices about menopause paperback author. Second piatigorsky cup international grandmaster chess tournament held in santa monica, california august 1966 by isaac kashdan ebook. Susan loves hormone bookmaking informed choices about. Live a little crown 2009 encourages women to take a reasonable approach to becoming healthy.
Susan loves hor mone book, which spent seven weeks on the bestseller list, provides an equally authoritative range of information about menopause. Love, karen lindsey harmony, 2003 paperback paperback susan m. This sixth edition explains advances in targeted treatments, hormonal therapies, safer chemotherapy, and immunologic approaches as well as new forms of surgery and radiation. As i finished the book, i realized why i was so riveted by itit gave me hope that midlife and beyond intimacy can be better than ever. Making informed choices all the facts about the new hormone replacement therapy studies. Love also serves as the medical director of the dr. The bible for women with breast cancer new york timesfor more than two decades, readers faced with a diagnosis of breast cancer have relied on dr. At the core of this wellorganized and clearly written. Here, love provides an intimate insiders look at menopause.
Heres the information you really want to know to answer your most pressing concerns. But in short, estrogen and testosterone are most effective and safest when delivered across or under the skin, in the form of a subcutaneous pellet which lasts for 34 months, a. Making informed choices about menopause belong to that we offer here and check out the link. Loves own work in developing a less invasive and highly accurate diagnostic technique, of the latest studies into preventive measures such as tamoxifen and dietary strategies, and of promising outcomes from new treatments for metastatic. Susan love s breast book to guide them through the frightening thicket of research and opinion to find the best options for their particular situations. Susan love, a noted breast surgeon and womens health advocate, tells it straight about hormones. Love 1997, hardcover at the best online prices at ebay. In 1997, susan love was excorriated for presenting exactly this reasonably cautious and honest viewpoint in her splendid hormone book meantime, 12 million us women continue to take estrogen alone, while 8. Susan love foundation for breast cancer research dslrf, became known as a trusted guide to women worldwide through her books.
Susan love, one of the most important and reputable doctors addressing womens issues today, helps readers sort through the confusing media reports, complex and contradictory scientific evidence, and medical bias regarding hormone therapy, discussing what is known and not known about it. Youve been having symptoms hot flashes, night sweats, mood swings. In the first edition of this important bestselling book, praised by newsday as the bible for a whole generation of menopausal women, renowned physician and pioneering womens health advocate dr. Love, karen lindsey 0609809962 9780609809969 a gently used book at a great low price. Mar 21, 2003 in the first edition of this important bestselling book, praised by newsday as the bible for a whole generation of menopausal women, renowned physician and pioneering womens health advocate dr. Jan 28, 1997 in 1997, susan love was excorriated for presenting exactly this reasonably cautious and honest viewpoint in her splendid hormone book meantime, 12 million us women continue to take estrogen alone, while 8. In an empowering and demystifying book about menopause, dr. Susan love warned about the potential dangers of the longterm prescription of hormone replacement therapy.
Susan loves hormone bookmaking informed choices about menopause. This book is definitely written from the perspective of a doctor who deals extensively with breast disease. Loves warm support, readers can sort the facts from the fads, ask the right questions, and recognize when a second opinion might be wise. Download dr susan love s h ormone book books, with clarity and compassion, dr. Although she has been criticized for overstating the breast cancer. Susan love and other foundation staff are available to provide reporters and editors with information about breast cancer, ductal lavage, the intraductal approach, menopause and hormones, and the foundation and its efforts to end breast cancer. The second, fully revised edition was released in 1995 and another revised edition was published in september 2000. Love stresses that menopause is not a disease that needs to be curedit is a natural life stage.
Making informed choices all the facts about the new hormone replacement therapy studies by karen lindsey and susan m. Love challenges the conventional medical establishment by questioning the validity of increasing a womans risk of breast cancer while offering benefit in other areas. Susan loves breast book was released in september 2015. When i was training as a surgeon 40 years ago, if a woman was found to have a breast lump, we would schedule her for surgery. Love helps the 40 million women entering menopause sort through all the choices they face. While love and lindsey, who worked together previously on dr. Susan loves menopause and hormone book making informed choices all the facts about the new hormone replacement therapy studies about excerpt. She explains how to cope with shortterm symptoms hot flashes, night sweats, mood swings, etc. Susan loves menopause and hormone book penguin random. Susan loves hormone book in her empowering and demystifying book about menopause, dr.
An indepth hormone consultation usually takes about an hour. Susan love, founder and chief visionary officer of dr. In her book, love her real name dissects the facts and beliefs about menopause in a commonsense way without sacrificing depth or complexity while also poking fun at myths, symptoms and stereotypes. Her insightful words of caution have been backed up by the stunning results of the recent. Susan loves menopause and hormone book, first published in 1998 and revised in 2003, was one of the first to sound the alarm against the longterm use of postmenopausal hormones. Love 2003, trade paperback at the best online prices at ebay. Susan love s stance on estrogen, hormone replacement therapy h. Making informed choices about menopause by karen lindsey and susan m. Love will help you decide for yourself how you want to move through this stage of life. Love offers a remarkably clear set of guidelines on the use of menopausal hormone therapy and explains what is known about other options for treating.
Susan loves breast book will learn of the recent breakthroughs in genetic research, of dr. Although no longer practicing surgery, she continues to help women as president and medical director of the susan love, m. Susan loves hor mone book rako, author of the hormone of desire harmony books chronicles her own experience and research on testosterone. Her insightful words of caution have been backed up by the stunning results of the recent studies on hormone replacement. There is extensive guidance for the many women now living for years with metastatic breast cancer. To help women understand the reasons for the debate, i wrote a book about.
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Susan love warned about the potential dangers of the longterm prescription of hormone. Dr susan s raw honesty, humility, and transparency about womens intimacy are a breath of fresh air. In the first edition of this important bestselling book, praised by newsday as the bible. Making informed choices all the facts about the new hormone replacement therapy studies paperback. There is a discussion about prevention of serious diseases such as cardio. If we had based all of our recommendations on the fiveyear data without doing further studies, we would have had women taking tamoxifen forever. Susan love s menopause and hormone book making informed choices book. Here s the information you really want to know to answer your most pressing concerns. Susan love research foundation, formerly titled the santa barbara breast cancer institute. Love, karen lindsey harmony, 2003 paperback paperback paperback january 1, 2003. From the inside flap in the first edition of this important bestselling book, praised by newsday as. She begins by offering a definition of menopause and then describes the medicalization of it. This is a dramatic example of why you need good, longterm studies.
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